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	Print or Email This Page For More Information: Kyle O'Dowd, Legislative Affairs Director (202) 872-8600 ext. 226, kyle@nacdl.org Streamlined Procedures Act of 2005 S. 1088 & H.R. 3035 Analysis Analysis by Habeas Experts Analysis by the American Bar Association Sample Cases - Habeas Bill Would Uphold Wrongful Convictions Talking Points Prepared By the Justice Project Background Text: S. 185 Hearings: Nov. 16, 2005, Senate Judiciary Committee Nov. 10, 2005, House Judiciary Commitee July 13, 2005, Senate Judiciary Committee June 30, 2005, House Judiciary Committee NACDL Past President Barry Scheck's Testimony ABA Statements: July 13, 2005 Oct. 26, 2005 Opposition American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists American Bar Association American Conservative Union American Judicature Society Former Prosecutor A. Bates Butler III Former Congressman Bob Barr Chairman of the Domestic Policy Committee of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Chief Justice of California Chief Justice of Texas The Conference of Chief Justices Resolution Former FBI Directors William H. Webster and William S. Sessions Federal Public and Community Defenders: House Senate Former Judges Former Prosecutors Habeas Corpus Resource Center John Whitehead, President of Rutherford Institute Judicial Conference of the United States NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Media Coverage "Chance for Reform," Washington Post, May 9, 2007 "Gonzales Says the Constitution Doesn't Guarantee Habeas Corpus," San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 24, 2007 "Fix Needed," Washington Post, Dec. 21, 2006 "Killing Habeas Corpus," The New Yorker, Dec. 4, 2006 "Stones in the Pathway of Justice," Arizona Republic, Sept.18, 2005 "Streamlining Injustice," The National Law Journal, Aug. 8, 2005 The Justice Project's Web Site Regarding Habeas Corpus Legislation Links The Constitution Project's Habeas Resource Page The Justice Project's Web Site Regarding Habeas Corpus Legislation
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